Gundobad

Gundobad

▪ king of Burgundy
also called  Gundibald  
died 516

      barbarian general during the last days of the Roman Empire in the west, and king of the Burgundians (c. 474–516).

      The nephew of the barbarian emperor-maker Ricimer, Gundobad briefly held the supreme military command in the Roman service. In 473 he emulated his uncle when he himself placed a puppet, Glycerius, on the throne of Ravenna, but the subsequent deposition of Glycerius by Julius Nepos, the appointee of the eastern emperor, sent Gundobad fleeing back to his Burgundians. After becoming joint ruler (with his brothers) of the Burgundians, he murdered his brother Chilperic; the latter's daughter, Clotilda (Clotilda, Saint), later (c. 493) married the Frankish king Clovis. In 500 Gundobad fought off a Frankish attack and killed another brother, Godegisel, who had brought it about.

      Though formally an Arian, Gundobad was in fact a secret Catholic sympathizer and enjoyed good relations with the orthodox clergy, as with the Romans in general over whom he ruled. The most important act of Gundobad's reign in Burgundy was his promulgation, early in the 6th century, of two codes of law, the Lex Gundobada, applying to all his subjects, and, somewhat later, the Lex Romana Burgundionum, applying to his Roman subjects.

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